"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,"
_is from Congreve's _Mourning Bride_, Act I. Sc. I._
J. L. S. _We will endeavour to ascertain the value of the copy of
_Naunton_, and tell our Correspondent when we write to him._
C. GONVILLE. _We hope this Correspondent has received the letter
forwarded to him on Saturday or Monday last. His letter has been sent
on._
E. P., Jun. _The best account of Nuremburg Tokens is Snelling's _View of
the Origin, Nature and Use of Jettons or Counters_. London, 1769,
folio._
NEMO. _Thanks to its excellent Index, we are enabled, by Cunningham's
_Handbook of London_, to inform him that Vanburgh was buried in the
family vault of the Vanburghs in St. Stephen's, Walbrook._
C. M. J. _will find the reference to "Language given to man," &c., in
_Vol. vi., p. 575._, in an article on South and Talleyrand._
PHOTOSULPH, _who asks whether, when using the developing solution, it is
necessary to blow upon the glass, is informed that it is not necessary;
but that, when there is a hesitation in the flowing of the fluid,
blowing gently on the glass promotes it, and the warmth of the breath
sometimes causes a more speedy development._
X. A. _We cannot enter into any discussion respecting lenses. We have
more than once fully recognised the merits of those manufactured by Mr.
Ross: but never having used one of them, we could not speak of them from
our own experience. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the
opinions of our Correspondents._
"NOTES AND QUERIES" _is published at noon on Friday, so that the County
Booksellers may receive Copies in that night's parcels, and deliver them
to their Subscribers on the Saturday._
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